George H.W. Bush began the last day of his life with three eggs for breakfast and ended it by telling his son he loved him.

James Baker, a close friend who served as secretary of state under the 41st president, told CNN's "State of the Union" that he stopped by Bush's home Friday morning and that Bush woke up and ate a big breakfast.

"He said, 'Hey, Bake, where are we going today?' and I said, 'Well, jefe, we're going to heaven,' " Baker recounted. "And he said, 'Good. That's where I want to go.' "

Bush, 94, had been bedridden for several days and struggled to speak, Baker said. He appeared more alert than usual Friday morning, Baker said.

"We all began to think, well, here we are, he is going to surprise us again, it's another bounce-back day," Baker said.

But Baker said that when he returned that evening, Bush had weakened greatly. Baker said he spent the last of Bush's hours with him as the former president spoke on the phone to family members, saying his goodbyes.

Baker called Bush Sr. underappreciated, describing him as the best one-term president in history. He called Bush his best friend and "a beautiful, beautiful human being."

The nonprofit Points of Light foundation, founded by the former president to encourage people around the world to solve its problems through service, urged people to pay homage to Bush through a day of service.

"I encourage those paying tribute to President Bush to take a moment to pledge their service and recognize the service of others," said Natalye Paquin, the group's executive director. "To become their own point of light in communities around the world."

Bush died at his Houston home Friday night shortly after 10 p.m. He had suffered from vascular Parkinsonism and in recent years struggled to speak more than a few words at a time. He was the son of a senator and the father of Jeb Bush, the two-term governor of Florida, and George W. Bush, the two-term governor of Texas who went on to win two terms as president.

Bush’s remains will be flown Monday morning from Ellington Field in Houston to the Joint Base Andrews military facility in Maryland. The public will be able to pay its respects to Bush from 7:30 p.m. Monday to 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington.

A state funeral will be held at the Washington National Cathedral, beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday. It will be the first presidential funeral since Gerald Ford died in 2006.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania announced they will attend the funeral. Wednesday will be a national day of mourning, Trump declared, and federal agencies and departments will close "as a mark of respect" for Bush.

"President George H.W. Bush led a long, successful and beautiful life," Trump tweeted Saturday. "Whenever I was with him I saw his absolute joy for life and true pride in his family. His accomplishments were great from beginning to end. He was a truly wonderful man and will be missed by all!"

Bush's remains will be returned to Houston on Wednesday afternoon. A funeral service is planned at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston on Thursday.

Thursday, the president’s casket will be taken by train to College Station, Texas, accompanied by Bush family members and close friends. A funeral procession will travel on George Bush Drive toward the Bush Library complex.

Bush will be buried Thursday in a family plot behind the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University, alongside his wife of 73 years and former first lady, Barbara, and daughter Robin, university officials said in a statement Saturday.

Barbara Bush passed away in April at the age of 92. Robin died in 1953 at 3 years old.

Former President George H.W. Bush, pushed by his son and former president George W. Bush, exits the funeral for his wife Barbara Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston. Jack Gruber, USA TODAY

Former President George H. W. Bush looks at the casket with his daughter Dorothy "Doro" Bush Koch as they wait for the mourners during the visitation of former first lady Barbara Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church on April 20, 2018, in Houston. Mark Burns, Pool Photo

Former President George H.W. Bush acknowledges the crowd at his presidential library on Nov. 11, 2014 before his son former President George W. Bush discusses his new book "41: A Portrait of My Father" in College Station, Texas. Bob Daemmrich, pool photo

Former president George H.W. Bush waves as he arrives at NRG Stadium before the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game between Villanova and Oklahoma in Houston on April 2, 2016. David J. Phillip, AP

Former president George H.W. Bush talks with Houston Texans owner Bob McNair before the first half of an AFC Wild Card NFL game between the Houston Texans and the Oakland Raiders on Jan. 7, 2017, in Houston. Eric Christian Smith, AP

Former president George Bush grimaces as he rubs his knee while he and former first lady Barbara Bush leave the field after she threw the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 10, 2005. Elise Amendola, AP

President Obama presents former president George H.W. Bush with the 2010 Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House Feb. 15, 2011, in Washington. Obama presented the medal to 12 pioneers in sports, labor, politics and arts. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images

Former president George H.W. Bush watches the pregame warmup of the Houston Texans before their game against the Oakland Raiders in the AFC Wild Card game at NRG Stadium on Jan. 7, 2017, in Houston. Bob Levey, Getty Images

Former president George H.W. Bush receives a kiss from his wife, Barbara, as they arrive for the premiere of an HBO documentary on his life June 12 near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. Charles Krupa, AP

Former president George H.W. Bush watches as his son, former president George W. Bush, throws the ceremonial first pitch of Game 4 of the World Series baseball game between the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants on Oct. 31, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY

Former president George H.W. Bush rides tandem with U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Elliott of the Golden Knights parachute team as he celebrates his 85th birthday on June 12, 2009, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty, AP

Former presidents George H.W. Bush, left, and his son, George W. Bush, watch the warm-ups before an NFL football game between the Houston Texans and San Francisco 49ers on Oct. 25, 2009, in Houston. Pat Sullivan, AP

George Bush and President Bill Clinton gaze skyward as they watch the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team arrive during the dedication of the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, on Nov. 6, 1997. Susan Walsh, AP

Bush gets some guidance from his wife, Barbara, as they clean a vacant lot along Germantown Avenue during the President's Summit on America's Future on April 27, 1997, in Philadelphia. Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY

Former secretary of State James Baker, left, and George H.W. Bush talk during the opening of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference on Nov. 13, 1995, at Rice University in Houston. Pat Sullivan, AP

President Bush holds the badge of slain New York City patrolman Eddie Byrne during a speech at Attorney General Dick Thornburgh's anti-crime summit on March 5, 1991, in Washington. Marcy Nighswander, AP

President Bush speaks at the White House on Dec. 14, 1990 in Washington, D.C. Bush said he had offered 15 dates for Secretary of State James A. Baker III to visit Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on or prior to January 12, three days before a United Nations deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. Barry Thumma, AP

A 1950 photograph shows Barbara Bush, left, her husband, George H.W. Bush, and their son, George W. Bush, Dorothy Walker Bush and her husband, Prescott S. Bush, at the Odessa airport in Texas. The Bush family album

George H.W. Bush in his Yale University baseball uniform in New Haven, Conn. Bush was the first baseman on the Yale team that lost to California in the first College World Series in Kalamazoo, Mich. in 1947. AP